The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-03

UNITED srArrs TnrAsrnxn HAT
c.alified on tho cath aud formally ~
sumcd the duties Of his new ofiice.
IL Is stated that the Canadian Govern
me u and the Imperial Government pro-
pose jointly 10 arrange for rosurvey OF
| tho ii. Lawrence river as far rs Quebec
ENxrsr PrElfFER, Ia Jail ~ Nllwau'
kcc. Wis. for tho confessed murder 81
| Farmer Nclapaugh, il said 70 have made
disclosures 20 the police which have
| brought 70 light the existence 81 band
Of conspirators whose organization was
based on the plan q the Jesse James
gang.
JAY Goulp and Russell sage arc TO be
sued by Kansas Pacific bondhoidors Tor
S5,0oo.cCO
Tnr National and Missouri State con-
| MENTIONS Of milers opened Ia ST. Louis on
| the .51n.
| Joux MORLEY, IN a speech ut Norwich,
| England. on tho 25th bitterly assaiied the
| governments Irish policy.
1 NUMEROUS Invitations are reaching the
1 President TO VISIT various places IN the
| West during his trip Ia the fall
| RrssrA declines 20 acquiesce In the set
| Element OF the Egyptian question by En-
| gland and Turkey.
| TmE indianapolis. Decatur a Springfield
| railroad was sold under forecios urc al
| NV York on the 25th.
| Tnr British Hosiery Company al thorn
ton. X l., which came over to got the ben
| eft or protection. is said 70 be In shaky
| condition.
| CANON FLEMING admits the plagiarism
| OF part Of one OF Talmage's sermons, but
| SAYS il was done through mistake.
| Jar GoULD. Russell Sage. Ere icrick L.
a..- I,kr =. rrv aud EQnarll IL IT
| Eckert were reelected directors Of the
| American Telegraph Cable Company at
| the annual meeting IN New York on the
| 25th.
| MAJOR Ben PERLEY PooRE was worse
| on the 18th, and appeared 70 be
gradually sinking. His mind remained
| perfectly clear when aroused, but he
| quickly relapsed into q stupor
| RICHARD NIXON, correspondent OF the
| New Orleans Tines Democrat, was married
al Washington on the s5,h 70 Ms Agnes
Dolph, daughter OF Senator Doiph, At the
| Epiphany Church, BY Rev. DIR. Gelsy.
| LEADING cracker manufacturers OF CHI
cago. St Louis, Kansas City, Council
| BLUFFS and Omaha as sembled In convention
| at Omaha Neb., on the .5th, 10 arrange q
scale Of wholesale prices and adopt regu-
lations 10 govern the production.
a NATIVE ItRlIt@ thAN tAU - -&Attt -
| Afghanlstan announces a determination e
take the field himself unless his generals
speedily quell the revolt OF the Ghilsais.
JOIN Thomson, a Hamilton (Ont) boat
builder. his wife. Miss Vincent. his WIFE ;
| sister. and three children were drowned
on the night Of the oath while rowing on
| the bay in skf. Mrs. Thomson's body
was washed ashore the next morning.
| Nothing has been heard Of the other &C.
cupants of the boat
DrgrSG a storm at Mcdonald. Pa. on
the night OF the 25th. lightning struck q
French boarding house and instantly
killed two boariers, named Abel Arquir
and Fernand Pourbin, who We're asleep II
bed on the third floor. The fluid descend
cd to the second floor and seriously in
jured two children.
LoRD LASsDowxE made some very con
ci.iatory REMARKS touching the fisheries
question at Toronto banquet on the
25tn.
SENATOR GEoRor. OF Mississippi, is be.
ing prominently mentioned for the vacant
supreme iudgeship.
Tux Opera Ccmlque at Paris was de
stroyed By fire on the night Of the 18th
and scores OF people We're killed or burnes
to death. and many injured.
II TnE Memphis and Nlcksburg com
| panics refused TO march in the parade q
| washln gton on the 18Th on account o
being placed ia the column with the vir
gina negro companies
THE schooner yacht CoroDet, which
beat the Dauntless in the race from New
York 70 Cork, passed Sandy Hook on thu
18Th. inward bound from England.
NJ. KATKoFrs paper. the Moscow Gdreff,
opeuly declares that Russia will declar'
| war against Austria the moment the lat
ter makes the slightest movement agains
} the Balkans inimical TO Rus sian interests